Tag: berkeley
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Computational and Inferential Thinking Online Book
The textbook for the UC Berkeley Data Science course is available for free online at Computational and Inferential Thinking. It is an online textbook and appears to be created as a collection of Jupyter notebooks. Here are some of the topics covered: An Intro to Python for Data Science Basic Plotting Estimation Regression Classification and much more…
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Berkeley Data Science Course Online
The University of California at Berkeley is offering its very popular undergraduate data science course, Foundations of Data Science: Computational Thinking with Python, online via EdX. The course can be taken for free and it starts Monday April, 2 , 2018. This course is actually part of a larger certificate program, Foundations of Data Science.…
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Berkeley Undergrad Data Science Course and Textbook
The University of California at Berkeley has started The Berkeley Data Science Education Program. The goal is to build a data science education program throughout the next several years by engaging faculty and students from across the campus. The introductory data science course is targeting freshman and it is taught from a very applicable and…
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What is Big Data? from datascience@berkeley
Jenna Dutcher, community relations manager for the datascience@berkeley online master’s program, interviewed more than 40 thought leaders to answer this one simple question: What is big data? (Full disclosure: I was honored to be asked to provided a definition on the list.) The answers are quite diverse and definitely worth reading. I thought Hal Varian,…
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Data Size Matters Infographic
Here is a great infographic from Data Science @ Berkeley. Just how big is a Gigabyte(GB)? Be sure to look all the way to the bottom. It mentions/explains a few of the latest innovations in hard drives, for example: helium, SMR, HAMR. You will have to scroll to the bottom to see what those acronyms…
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New Berkeley Online Data Science Degree
The University of California at Berkeley just announced a new masters degree in Information and Data Science (MIDS). The program is targeted to be completed entirely online with the exception of a one week visit to the campus. The program has a approximate cost of $60,000 for the 27 required credits. The curriculum looks good.…
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UC Berkeley Course Lectures: Analyzing Big Data With Twitter | Analyzing Big Data with Twitter
UC Berkeley Course Lectures: Analyzing Big Data With Twitter | Analyzing Big Data with Twitter. The link includes videos and lecture notes from the course.
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Free Open-Source Statistics Cookbook
Matthias Vallentin, a computer science PhD student at UC Berkeley, has published a Probability and Statistics Cookbook. The book can be freely downloaded in PDF format via the website. Also, the latex source is available on Github. Matthias states that others are free to fork the source and make changes. The book is not a…
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UC Berkeley Big Data Bootcamp
The University of California at Berkeley is hosting AMP Camp, the Big Data Bootcamp, starting today. The conference is sold out for in-person attendace, but registration is free and live streaming is available. The agenda looks good (including machine learning, parallel programming, Mesos, and hands-on exercises), so this might be a good opportunity for some…